Mauritania Weather Records in 2023

16 weather records set or tied in Mauritania in 2023, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Mauritania in 2023

16 weather records were set or tied in Mauritania in 2023.
12 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
40 records set in 2023 still stand in Mauritania.

Records per Year, by Type

2023 outlined

Records set or tied in Mauritania each year from 1971 to 2023, stacked by type. 2023 had 16.

Weather records per year in Mauritania, stacked by type, 2023 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1971	20	29	9	55	8	121
1972	20	27	14	50	5	116
1973	28	12	19	32	10	101
1974	12	21	16	47	5	101
1975	53	36	45	35	3	172
1976	50	103	112	62	51	378
1977	68	50	124	50	13	305
1978	64	77	130	46	36	353
1979	145	72	238	36	72	563
1980	96	88	124	43	41	392
1981	46	12	67	1	7	133
1982	19	26	25	3	5	78
1983	60	11	84	7	3	165
1984	35	38	101	9	4	187
1985	27	43	89	14	6	179
1986	21	55	37	20	8	141
1987	102	11	211	5	7	336
1988	39	43	99	18	11	210
1989	81	34	108	15	12	250
1990	97	23	75	11	10	216
1991	28	19	60	19	11	137
1992	35	16	54	8	7	120
1993	25	24	56	13	9	127
1994	13	31	32	20	9	105
1995	39	15	55	8	10	127
1996	40	12	43	2	10	107
1997	22	6	49	10	3	90
1998	56	15	108	10	11	200
1999	15	20	13	18	7	73
2000	19	14	25	7	11	76
2001	40	4	37	2	11	94
2002	30	12	24	4	7	77
2003	25	14	38	15	7	99
2004	26	7	39	7	5	84
2005	27	11	30	4	10	82
2006	38	6	17	0	2	63
2007	21	9	7	2	0	39
2008	31	22	61	9	2	125
2009	48	21	73	19	8	169
2010	130	9	127	8	15	289
2011	77	22	80	15	7	201
2012	20	43	44	10	5	122
2013	39	18	36	1	8	102
2014	39	29	52	7	1	128
2015	51	23	54	1	5	134
2016	75	22	52	3	1	153
2017	54	19	30	3	3	109
2020	0	0	19	0	0	19
2021	0	0	14	0	0	14
2023	0	0	12	0	4	16

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Mauritania: 1970s 1.4 to 1, 1980s 3.0 to 1, 1990s 3.1 to 1, 2000s 3.5 to 1, 2010s 4.1 to 1, 2020s n/a.

Standing Records by Year Set

2023: 40

Records still standing in Mauritania by the year they were set. 40 of them were set in 2023.

Standing records in Mauritania by the year they were set, 2023 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1940	369
1941	74
1942	73
1943	109
1944	69
1945	1,495
1946	571
1947	434
1948	291
1949	381
1950	342
1951	355
1952	421
1953	591
1954	556
1955	427
1956	530
1957	556
1958	624
1959	336
1960	416
1961	287
1962	342
1963	458
1964	472
1965	565
1966	132
1967	469
1968	394
1969	528
1970	392
1971	413
1972	571
1973	786
1974	1,099
1975	818
1976	890
1977	829
1978	858
1979	1,022
1980	837
1981	312
1982	296
1983	474
1984	550
1985	440
1986	413
1987	570
1988	489
1989	499
1990	432
1991	389
1992	323
1993	407
1994	428
1995	394
1996	343
1997	197
1998	414
1999	206
2000	229
2001	247
2002	233
2003	277
2004	304
2005	280
2006	228
2007	139
2008	303
2009	499
2010	654
2011	505
2012	375
2013	298
2014	229
2015	274
2016	344
2017	264
2020	16
2021	13
2023	40

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-14. Last revised 14 October 2026 (2026-10-14).

Decade	Highs per low
1970s	1.38 to 1
1980s	2.98 to 1
1990s	3.07 to 1
2000s	3.52 to 1
2010s	4.12 to 1
2020s	0.00 to 1